Joining Cranfield in a Pandemic
Looking back on what it was like to join Cranfield School of Management amidst the global pandemic and what they did to help…
Why Cranfield University?
Why Cranfield University? Was the most common question I was asked by family and friends when I decided to further my education in engineering. Well, I always answered with the following: Aligned technical and theoretical ...
Why we love John Lewis at Christmas: The psychology behind festive adverts
By Dr Annmarie Hanlon, Senior Lecturer in Digital and Social Media Marketing Christmas is big business, and the world of the festive television advert is no different. Over the past decade, Christmas offerings from the ...
A sit down with Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen
Can you tell us a bit about your area of research? My name is Dr Carol Verheecke-Vaessen, and I am a Research Fellow in Applied Mycology working within the Applied Mycology group. We apply fungal ...
The International Society for Computational Fluid Dynamics (ISCFD): who, what, where and why?
Introducing ISCFD, the one-stop society for all your fluidic needs. If you’re not familiar with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), simply put it’s the discipline of analysing and visualising fluid flow for scientific and engineering problems. ...
World Soil Day 2020
While some may think soil is a bit of a nuisance, making cloths muddy, have you ever stopped to think what life would be like without it? Soil not only supports the majority of the ...
Using wellbeing indices to achieve sustainable social economic development
My name is Haley Knox, graduating in the 2019-2020 class for the Corporate and Sustainability MSc Programme at Cranfield University. With my passion for finding solutions to combat social inequalities and environmental injustices in the ...
Changing attitudes towards disability – #PurpleLightUp celebrates global economic contribution of disabled people
Being disabled is tough, but what sometimes makes it tougher is the attitudes and a lack of awareness and understanding from others. Today, 3 December, is the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. At ...
A hug! A hug! My Kingdom for a hug!
Yesterday the Step Up network held its final 2020 event and provided all attendees with the opportunity to reflect on their year. 49 of us gathered, once again virtually, for a Zoom lunch and a ...
My student journey so far
Starting an MSc during a global pandemic is a weird experience for everyone yet there’s many of us who decided to pack up their lives and move to Cranfield this year, me being one of ...